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“Cruise Ship Crime: Hard to Prosecute, Convict”

By Jim Walker on November 6, 2015

Jim Walker Cruise LawyerCrime Watch Daily is a new program which focuses on stories of crime in the daily life of average Americans. 

It just published it’s first show regarding crime on cruise ships.

Today it aired Cruise Ship Crime: Hard to Prosecute, Convict about the difficulties prosecuting crimes on the high seas.

Laurie Dishman, a friend and former client, talks about being sexually assaulted during a Royal Caribbean cruise.  Former Disney Cruise security officer Dawn Taplin talks about being told by her supervisors not to call U.S. authorities when a Disney crew member molested an 11 year old girl while the Disney Dream was still docked in a Florida port. The Disney cruise ship then sailed on to the Bahamas where it flew it’s crew member back home to escape prosecution.  

Photo: Crime Watch Daily

 

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  • Posted in:
    Admiralty and Maritime
  • Blog:
    Cruise Law News
  • Organization:
    Walker & O'Neill, P.A.
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